Got The Castle and Booster today. They originally arrived on Tuesday when I stood under the shower. So I had to pick them up from the post office today.Just finished listening to The Castle: what a brilliant album!!! Very moody and dark. The Quaeschning tracks ( 4 and 8 ) stand out, but the last track is excellent, too. Track 4 is more noise than music but deep and haunting. Have to listen to it through headphones.

"The Castle" is a beautiful thing. Some lush string passages throughout,and some superb guitar from EF on "Barnabas The Messenger". I would go as far as to say that "The Apparently Lunatic Hierarchy" is one of the band's finest compositions in their entire career. With a very cinematic feel,this could be soundtrack music to a Hollywood blockbuster,I rate it that highly. A lot of familiar electronic sounds,but also a lot of new electronic sounds ,make this an interesting and enjoyable listen throughout,and yet another very fine addition to the "Sonic Poem Series". Very nice,indeed

That's just what I said to the wife yesterday about The Apparently Lunatic Heirarchy track. I wonder if they have come up with a tour setlist yet.....if not, they could add this amazing, atmospheric track as the opener - I can imagine it playing now, curtains still up like in the old days, fans waiting eagerly to see EF and co, the curtains coming down.........